Family Constellations: Chicago Group Sessions
Each month, Barry Krost facilitates an in-person Family Constellations session in the Chicago area (Bannockburn, IL). These powerful group sessions offer a supportive space to explore the hidden patterns within your family system, release emotional entanglements, and restore balance in your relationships and inner world.
Whether you're seeking healing, insight, or simply curious about Family Constellations, these sessions provide a profound opportunity to witness and participate in deep, transformational work.
What Are Family Constellations?
Family Constellations is a therapeutic approach developed by Bert Hellinger that reveals the unconscious dynamics carried through generations. These unresolved traumas and hidden loyalties can affect your emotions, relationships, health, and sense of belonging.
At the core of this work are the Orders of Love, principles that help restore harmony and balance within the family system. When these natural orders are disrupted, we may experience:
Repeating life patterns
Relationship challenges
Chronic emotional or physical struggles
A sense of being stuck or disconnected
Family Constellations helps bring these influences to light so healing and resolution can begin.
What happens in a Family Constellations session?
Each in-person session includes:
A clear introduction to Hellinger's teachings and the Orders of Love
Four to six constellations per session
An equal opportunity for all participants to be selected for a constellation
Volunteers stepping in as representatives for family members, events, or systemic dynamics
The use of healing sentences to acknowledge pain, resolve disruptions, and restore connection
A deeply supportive group process where observers often experience healing, too
Whether you receive a constellation or participate as a representative, the experience is often described as insightful, mysterious, emotionally moving, and profoundly transformative.
Who Should Attend?
These Family Constellations sessions are ideal if you're interested in:
Exploring family or ancestral patterns
Healing relationship dynamics
Understanding generational trauma
Experiencing in-person Family Constellations in the Chicago area
Participating in a powerful experiential group healing process
No prior experience is required; bring an open mind, curiosity, and a desire to understand your family system better.
How Are Constellations Chosen?
Constellations in group settings are selected based on the energy and needs of the group as a whole. Participants may request to be added to a consideration list ahead of the group, and we do our best to distribute opportunities fairly over time; however, a constellation cannot be guaranteed on a specific date. These groups are not intended for one-time attendance solely to receive a personal constellation, as all participants contribute through presence, representation, and mutual support. Selections are guided by:
The energy and readiness of the field on that day
Fair distribution of opportunities over time
Service to the collective healing of the group
Are you new to Family Constellations?
Learn more about Family Constellations, explore our resources, or book a free online consultation.
Connecting with community
Family Constellations naturally build connections. When a group comes together with openness, compassion, and a willingness to witness what truly is, a sense of community emerges.
Participants often describe:
Feeling seen, supported, and understood
Gaining insights from others' constellations
Experiencing shared humanity through the work
Receiving healing even when not in the constellation "spotlight"
By honoring each person's story without judgment, we create a space where transformation becomes possible, individually and collectively.
Recommended Reading
If you’re new to Family Constellations, we recommend: Family Constellations: A Practical Guide to Uncovering the Origins of Family Conflict by Joy Manne (2009)
Please read the Policies & Agreement and the Representative Guidelines for Live Workshops.
Schedule & Registration
Chicago Group Sessions are held once a month on a Thursday from 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM (CST/CDT)
Cost: $45 per session or purchase a Three Chicago Group Session Package for $120 and pay only $40 per session.
Cancellation Policy
100% refund if you cancel 72 hours or more before the group or workshop. 50% if you cancel less than 72 hours.
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In each session, participants explore personal or inherited issues using the Family Constellation method. Through guided facilitation, hidden dynamics within the family system are revealed using representatives or objects. Participants can either bring an issue to explore or take part as representatives for others.
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No experience is necessary. Whether you're new to Family Constellations or have participated before, you'll be supported in a welcoming, grounded space. Barry Krost explains the process and principles so everyone feels comfortable and included.
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You can bring a wide range of concerns, including:
Family conflict or estrangement
Repeating relationship patterns
Chronic emotional or physical pain
Grief or loss
Blocks around career, finances, or purpose
Generational trauma
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Yes. Respect and privacy are foundational to the work. Participants are encouraged to share only what they feel comfortable disclosing.